Rohit Sharma discusses India’s bowling experiments with the Netherlands. India completed their league round with a stunning 160-run victory over the Netherlands. Maintaining their unblemish record at the ODI World Cup 2023.
On Sunday, November 12, India defeated the Netherlands by 160 runs in the last league stage game of the ODI World Cup 2023 in Bengaluru. With this victory, India improved to 9-0 in the competition and will now prepare for the first semi-final against New Zealand on Wednesday, November 15 in Mumbai.
After setting the Dutch team a massive mark of 411. India skipper Rohit Sharma deployed as many as nine bowlers, including himself. Part-timers including as Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and Suryakumar Yadav were seen capitulating in the one-side encounter. After the game, Rohit revealed India’s bowling experiments with different choices.
Rahul Dravid is happy with how players respond after Hardik Pandya’s injury
Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur, both seam-bowling all-rounders, represented India in the flagship event. They appeared in the first few games when India’s primary pacers were Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. After Hardik sustained an injury against Bangladesh and rule out of the ODI World Cup 2023. The ‘Men in Blue’ experiment with their lineup, bringing in Mohammed Shami as the third frontline bowler.
“We always built the squad with the idea of having six bowling options. Building the depth of the squad in mind. ” Obviously, Hardik was a crucial piece of that equation in that he provide you with that balance. But since we lost him, I simply believe the way the boys have responded. – Sure, we only have five bowling options. – Each and every one of them is producing and bowling extremely well, which gives Rohit a lot of confidence. “He [Kohli] did take a wicket after nine years, so we could give him some credit,” India’s coach Rahul Dravid told Star Sports.
“Just the way the middle order has batted suggests that, while I’d like to believe our lower order can contribute if needed, knowing we have seven top-quality batsmen makes a big difference.” So we’ve had to resort to plan B [without Pandya the allrounder], but the way we’ve responded and played in the previous five games has been terrific. It boosts our confidence going into the semi-finals. After they got the huge score, it allowed us a chance to mix and match a little bit and look at some of the other possibilities that, ideally, we don’t need, but may. ” Dravid went on to say.
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